Archive for September, 2005


IMSAI Server / MCE case

I can’t decide if I want this case for my next Media Center or to use for a server. Either way, I want the new IMSAI Series 2 USB case. It is a reproduction of the computer used by Matthew Broderick in the movie WarGames and the front panel is fully controllable, in fact it [...]

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Tips for jobseekers

What not to do when applying for a technical role

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Gaaaaah! NCIS Season Finale

I’d been meaning to adjust the scheduled recording for NCIS from Sunday nights to Wednesdays for, oh, a couple of weeks, but never got around to it and just tagged the show to record manually.
So, after all the fuss, I missed recording the goddamn season finale.
I know what happens. Channel 10 bravely tried to keep [...]

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We’ve just been busy, okay?

It might look to the casual observer as if we’ve been abjectly lazy and unpostworthy, but the casual observer isn’t our target audience.
Oh no, you, yes you, you noticed. You’re the kind of reader we like. You’re sharp (click) on the edge (click), where you’ve got to be.
Shifty is back in Sydney for the time [...]

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Afterlife is over

Dunno why, but my MCE decided that I didn’t really want to record it (probably due to my network rip-and-replace shenanigans earlier).
So, I missed Episode 5, but caught Episode 6, the finale.
And if you’ve only just tuned in, perhaps because you switched over after something else had finished and caught Ep6, well, that’s it, folks. [...]

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We’re Just Clickstitutes, Really

Shifty and I had a dinner meet tonight.
More importantly than anything else I need to share, I need to claim a couple of words as my own:
Clickstitute - someone running a site for the ad revenue. “Shifty is a total clickstitute.”
Buggerovich - a faux Eastern European curse, used in place of “bugger”. For example: “Aw [...]

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